Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-01-14
STATE NEWS.

/ \ SUSPECTED MURDER CASE At ST. JOHNS
F BURN HORRIBLE AND UNNATURAL BRt'-
TALLY CHARGED.
William b. Dian of Wheelock is under
arrest at st. Juhnsbury on charge of mur-
dering his infant daughter three years ago.
The Newport Express gives these facts
about Dian and his alleged Grim" Dizan
Is about 10 years old and moved to Vince
lock from Barnston, p. O., about five years
/ ago. He has owned and carried ON a small
/ farm, though his principal business seems
! to have been smuggling liquor from Canada
| and selling it IN Wheelock and vicinity
/ Two months ago lac was fined for selling
| 500 lie is now charged with numbering
an infant daughter. Is Is alleged that
when the infant was three weeks old Dizan
crushed it, head with blow ut his list
/ There was no physician present at the
mother 7, confinement on at any time there
/ after. nor was assistance called in from the
nriehburs The disappearance of the child
created IL good deal Of talk in the neighboi-
hppd, hut nothing could be- as,rrtHne,l. and
the matter was allowed u rest. This took
place three year, ago this winter and since
that time the Dlzans have had four chill
+ drru. two being twins. All these infants
Dian is alleged 10 have disposed of IN the
same manner. crushing IN the head with "A
/ blow ut the list Some ugly facts came out
against Dian in his examination at St
/ Juhn,hury ON the charge of murder Two
witnesses testified that he tried to get differ
cut women to be- present at the birth Of the
/ first child aud smother it. When they re-
/ fused he said with an oath that if he could
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sSUu. with no insurance Henry H. Chaud-
lrr', carriage shop near West Randolph was
burned last week. intending tools and some
carriages in for repair, Loss i, about
sljW; mo- insurance. The cause of the
tire is unknown.
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Vermont. the, hnus,. owned and occupied hy
. l.. H. .Innr, at Custletnn. was burned last
Friday morning. although most of thu. con
tent, were saved The house was built
over loo FEARS ago 10y Benjamin Carver.
who settled in Castlrtun in liiG.
Thomas Burke of Lincoln. alseI 20 wears
started Inst SATURDAY Ia 20 ncrn,, lots from
the residence of Iainrs Cauphlin in in
coin tn that Of Richard Brown. and Sunday
murnin, he was found with his legs frozen
solid below IN, knee, aud his face and
hands badly frost bitten. lie cannot re
cover
Hon. l.. n Thomson of Irasburvh. has
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.,h,Jar.iiu Al. P;lliu,.s and family are
nov ON rn,,ta for southern California 10 re-
msin through the winter. They 20 in an
elegant private car. fitted mn with all the
cony.niences of "A residence. sent from San
Francisco for that purpose.
Bishop De Gorsbriaud of the diocese of
Vermont is ON hi, way To Europe for the
benefit of his health He left Darlington
Friday night and sailed Saturday from New
York ON th, steamer In Norinandie" for
Hayre and will proceed directly Ia southern
France, Mr. j. Cunningham a student OF
st. J"Seph's college, accompanies HIM as
ananuensis and they expect to he absent
until warm weather. During ms absence
Father Lynch will have charge "i the no
me '''"'i'''HS'''''N W N''''' a sue ioi III,
remington monument heNT Hai'e% a. "',o''
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t3h' on ,he crest ~ 'he mn llla' "Nerl'N'k'
gne 'oleS 'o"uI's tue noLl" any MGSI
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''S '"ahe '"e'' report 10 Tue supreme our
Franklin county has managed ITS ahaii'
S" wen as to have no county TAX thIs year
Father tiaiiney, formerly of East Dor
set, made his first address as pastor of 81
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1, r. Clailln oi brookneld' While hellihS
1" clean gun at East bralhtree the othS'
dai' was sh"l III the novels an" VIII prom
AMY not recover
Williamstown is considerably excite
about the prospect OF a railroad the Cen
ti"i .,' tho Ran"n I'a,n i' 1 ~ ,Gn;a'ng
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